SOLUTION: what is a reciprocal?

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Question 779566: what is a reciprocal?
Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Reciprocal means 1/number, or for a fraction flip the fraction.


The reciprocal of 2 is 1/2- remember 2 = 2/1. Flip it. The reciprocal of 3/2 = 2/3,

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